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Nicholas Smith

Case from Birmingham, AL dated May 02, 2015

Victim Details

Nicholas Smith

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2015-05-02

23

Nicholas

Smith

07/13/2026

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Nicholas Smith, a 23-year-old Black man, was shot on the night of Friday, May 1, 2015, in Birmingham, Alabama, in a neighborhood officers identified around the intersection of 44th Street and 12th Court North. The first call pulled police to a home where the scene felt incomplete—blood on the sidewalk, the sharp evidence of violence, but no victim in sight. Investigators soon learned Smith wasn’t waiting for an ambulance or a patrol car; he was already being rushed toward help, driven by a r ...
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  • Birmingham PD: Man shot in head Friday night dies Saturday
  • 23-year-old man dead after gunshot wound to the head in Birmingham
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